The holidays have come and gone, and while the blog was on hiatus, the new releases of comics weren’t! Get out those gift cards and prepare to catch up on two weeks of comics as well as picking up this week’s new releases. Action Lab Entertainment releases the second issue of their short stories collection […]

Celebrate the end of the triple digit dates this century with some comics from this week’s list! Archaia Entertainment releases the second volume of Rust. Archie Comics collects the next story arc in Mega Man with its fourth trade volume, and Boom! Studios celebrates its Adventure Time series with a special issue that showcases the […]

With winter break a week away, kids are no doubt looking forward to coming holidays. Keep them entertained with titles from this week’s list! Sonic the Hedgehog from Archie Comics starts a new story arc featuring frenemy Knuckles. Scooby Doo and the gang have a seasonal issue as they help save a Chanukah celebration from […]

As November disappears into the rear view mirror, we look ahead to Christmas and find books on this week’s list to put under the tree or to distract prying eyes. Archie Comics releases the next volume in the Sonic The Hedgehog Archives, and Kodansha continues its release of the manga adaptation of the tween adventure […]

Fight off (or speed up) that turkey coma with some titles from this week’s list! Archie Comics releases a special issue of their quarterly magazine Sonic Super Special with an issue of pull-out posters of Sonic and his friends. Kodansha releases another volume of their kid friendly title Animal Land, and Marvel Comics releases two […]

Start planning for rewarding those good little boys and girls now, with some titles from this week’s list! IDW has the collected issues of their prequel to the movie Dorothy of Oz scheduled to come out next year. Marvel Comics collects their Toy Story prequel comic to Toy Story 2, Tales From the Toy Chest, […]

Begin the holiday season with felines from this week’s new releases. Get a double dose of Garfield as Boom! Studios lets the large orange cat loose on Thanksgiving dinner in the latest issue of their ongoing series, while Papercutz has him coming Home for the Holidays in their graphic novel series. If you prefer your […]

With Halloween come and gone, the end of the year looms ever closer, as does that final holiday, Christmas. Start preparing for it with some of the graphic novels on this week’s list. Amulet Books has the next volume in the popular series Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite. Ape Entertainment has another Dreamsworks tie-in, […]

Halloween is just around the corner. Are all of your little ghosts and ghouls ready for the frightful holiday? There’s not a lot to scare you on this week’s list, but you can get some good giggles from Archie Comics Archie’s Giant Kids Jokebook. Boom! Studios brings back the Ice Age gang for another adventure […]

Even though the calendar says it’s autumn, the weather hasn’t gotten the memo. Oni Press is trying to get that chill in the air with the next issue of the spooky Courtney Crumrin ongoing series. Papercutz has some knuckleheads take on a Christmas classic with the second volume of the Three Stooges, and even Marvel […]

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We are a group of librarians, parents, and writers--and most of us wear at least two of those hats--who started writing about kids' comics in 2008 because, well, nobody else was. We like everything from Literary Graphic Novels to blatantly commercial (but fun!) licensed properties. And we don't lump all ages together; we're smart enough to know that a three-year-old has different abilities and interests than a 13-year-old.

Our goal is to cover kids' comics (for readers from birth to age 16) with both breadth and depth, through a mix of news, reviews, interviews, and previews, and to be both accessible to casual readers and interesting enough for serious fans.